Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Two type of 6 Metre classes were used. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 18 sailors, on 6 boats, from 2 nation entered in the 6 Metre.

6 Metre[1] at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 6 Metre (1907 Rule and 1919 Rule)
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 Last race: 9 July 1920
Competitors	18 from 2 nations
Teams	6
Medalists
(1907 Rule) Émile Cornellie, Frédéric Bruynseels, Florimond Cornellie  Belgium (1919 Rule) Andreas Brecke, Paal Kaasen, Ingolf Rød  Norway (1907 Rule) Einar Torgersen, Leif Erichsen, Andreas Knudsen  Norway (1919 Rule) Léon Huybrechts, Charles van den Bussche, John Klotz  Belgium (1907 Rule) Henrik Agersborg, Einar Berntsen, Trygve Pedersen  Norway

Race schedule[2]

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

Date	July
	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat
6 Metre	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				2

Course area

6 Metre 1920 Olympic Course Areas

Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions [1]

Date	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
9 July 1920	Unknown

Final results[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

6 Metre International Rule 1907

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Belgium	Émile Cornellie	Frédéric Bruynseels Florimond Cornellie	Edelweiß	2	2	1	1	2	2	-	-	5
	Norway	Einar Torgersen	Leif Erichsen Andreas Knudsen	Marmi	DNF	4	2	2	1	1	-	-	7
	Norway	Henrik Agersborg	Einar Berntsen Trygve Pedersen	Stella	1	1	4	4	4	4	1	1	10
4	Belgium	Louis Depière	Raymond Bauwens Willy Valcke	Suzy	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	11

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre (1907) during the 1920 Summer Olympics

6 Metre International Rule 1919

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Norway	Andreas Brecke	Paal Kaasen Ingolf Rød	Jo	1	1	1	1	2	2	4
	Belgium	Léon Huybrechts	Charles van den Bussche John Klotz	Tan-Fe-Pah	2	2	2	2	1	1	5

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre (1919) during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.
• Two type of 6 Metre classes were used. Those measured under the International Rule 1907 and one under the International Rule 1919.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

6 Metre sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games

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  Léon Huybrechts (BEL)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
• "Olympics, 1920, First Rule boats". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
• "Olympics, 1920, Second Rule boats". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

References

1. Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.